The Virasoro algebra and group in four dimensions

DOI10.1063/1.528199zbMath0652.17009OpenAlexW1970782774MaRDI QIDQ3797352

Yao-Zhong Zhang

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:254854/UQ254854_OA.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

Virasoro algebraVirasoro groupAbelian gauge fieldcommutator anomalyexternal monopole fieldSchwinger-Jackiw-Johnson term

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras (17B65) Infinite-dimensional Lie groups and their Lie algebras: general properties (22E65) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

Cites Work

• The structure of gauge and gravitational anomalies
• Gravitational anomalies and the family's index theorem
• The global topological meaning of cocycles in a gauge group
• Unitary representations of some infinite dimensional groups
• KAC-MOODY AND VIRASORO ALGEBRAS IN RELATION TO QUANTUM PHYSICS
• Another construction of the Virasoro group

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